Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako. It has its headquarters and three training stadia at Complex Sportif Hérémakono, in the Heremakono Quartier. The President of Djoliba AC, re-elected in 2009 to a four-year term, is Karounga Keita a Vice President of the Malian Football Federation, former trainer at the club, who was a player at the founding of the club in 1960. Djoliba or Joliba is the name of the Niger River in the Bamana language. Not only a football club, Djoliba AC is an Omnisports club which fields teams in many sports, and is operated as a membership organisation with an elected board.
Stade Malien is a Malian professional football and sports club based in Bamako. One of the two dominant clubs of Malian football, their eastern Bamako training grounds host other sports as well, including a successful basketball club.
Malian Première Division is the top division of football in Mali. Having been created in 1966, it is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The league has been professional since 2004. The official name is Ligue 1 Orange Mali for sponsorship reasons.
The Tunisian national basketball team, nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage , is the national basketball team of Tunisia. The team is governed by the Tunisia Basketball Federation (FTBB).
The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as the D'Tigress, represents Nigeria in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the most successful women's national teams on the African Continent, being the current African champions. They have won the Women's Afrobasket Championship consecutively for four (4) times in a roll and six (6) times in total. They won in 2017 at Bamako, Mali, 2019 at Dakar, Senegal, 2021 at Yaounde, Cameroun, and 2023 at Kigali, Rwanda.
The Senegal women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Senegal at world and continental basketball competitions for women. It is administered by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Basket-Ball.
Kinidinnin Stéphane Konaté Sornan is an Ivorian basketball player for the ABC Fighters and Ivory Coast. He is nicknamed "El Jefe".
The 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 20th FIBA Africa Championship for Women, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake was the berth allocated to Africa in the 2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. The tournament was held from September 23–October 2 in Mali.
The 2009 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women was the 1st U-16 FIBA Africa championship for women, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and qualified for the 2010 World Cup. The tournament was held from August 30–September 5 in Bamako, Mali, contested by 8 national teams and won by Mali.
The Guinea national basketball team represents Guinea in international basketball competitions. It is administrated by the Fédération Guinéenne de Basket-Ball (FGBB).
The 2005 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship, was an international basketball tournament held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from December 13 to 22, 2007. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Abidjan Basket Club, was contested by 7 teams in a preliminary round robin system followed by a knockout stage by the top four teams.
The 2013 Angola 2nd Division Basketball Championship, was a basketball tournament held in Lubango, Angola, from November 16 to 23, 2013. The tournament, organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation, qualified the two top teams for the 2013–14 BAI Basket and was contested by 8 clubs split into 2 groups, that played in a round robin system followed by the knock-out stages.
The 2013 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, was an international basketball tournament held in Meknes, Morocco, from November 22 to 29, 2013. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Club Omnisport De Meknès, was contested by 8 clubs split into 2 groups, all of which qualifying for the knock-out stage.
The 2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, was an international basketball tournament held in Maputo, Mozambique, from October 19 to 28, 2007. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Clube Ferroviário de Maputo, was contested by 11 clubs split into 2 groups of 6, each group playing a round robin with the top four teams of each group qualifying for the knockout stages. This was Desp de Maputo's 1st title and Mozambique's 3rd.
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2005 FIBA Africa Club Championship for Women.
Association Sportive Salé, commonly known as AS Salé, is a Moroccan basketball club from Salé. The club competes in the Division Excellence and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Notable players of the team include senior men's Moroccan national basketball team members Abderrahim Najah, Zakaria El Masbahi and Soufiane Kourdou.
The 2017 FIBA Women's AfroBasket was the 23rd AfroBasket Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and FIBA Africa. The tournament was hosted by Mali from 18 to 27 August, with games played at Bamako. The winners and runners-up qualified for the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
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The Ligue 1 is the premier basketball competition for clubs in Mali. The league consist out of ten teams. The current defending champions are Stade Malien, who won the 2022 title.
Stade Malien is a Malian basketball team based in Bamako. It is part of the multi-sports club, which also has a football team and rugby team. Founded in 1960, Stade plays in the Ligue 1, the highest level of basketball in Mali. They play in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in the 2023 season.
Mali (Djoliba AC's 1st title; Mali's 1st title)
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